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At that stage, physicians would often consider changing a patient's treatment plan.

From Science Daily • Jun. 5, 2026

That view has changed, but the explanation for what’s actually transpiring in the patient’s neurobiology has been hard to pin down.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 26, 2026

This differs from many existing immunotherapies, which often require doctors to collect and customize each patient's own immune cells before treatment.

From Science Daily • May 25, 2026

This makes determining the patient's movements or scheduling clinical trials difficult, she added.

From Barron's • May 15, 2026

To confirm the diagnosis, samples of each patient’s TB had to be regrown in cultures and tested for drug susceptibility.

From "Mountains Beyond Mountains" by Tracy Kidder and Michael French




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